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阅读理解训练题（五十）
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56．If you want a job of taking care of children, which ad will you answer?
A．LOST AND FOUND B．ROOMMATES
C．FOR SALE D．HELP WANTED
57．You will call—if you want to buy a radio.
A．800-0436 B．800-0739 C．800-4661 D．800-4964
B
It seems that the Englishmen just cannot live without sports of some kind. A famous French humourist once said that this is because the English insist on behaving like children all their lives. Wherever you go in this country, you will see both children and grown-ups knocking a ball about with a stick or something, as if in Britain men shall always remain boys and women girls! Still, it can never be bad to get exercise, can it?
Taking all amateur（业余）and professional sports in Britain into consideration, there can be no doubt that football is at the top of the list. It is called soccer in the United States. The game originated（起源于）in Britain and was played in the Middle Ages or even earlier, though as an organized game, or“association football”, it dates only from the beginning of the 19th century.
The next is rugby, which is called“football”in the United States. It is a kind of football played by two teams of fifteen players than eleven. In rugby, an oval-shaped ball is used which can be handled as well as kicked. It is a pretty rough game.
In summer, cricket is the most popular sport. In fact, it has sometimes been called the English national game. Most foreigners find the game rather slow or even boring, but it enjoys great popularity among the British.
Tennis rates high on the list, too. It was introduced into England from France in the 15th century, but it was from England that it spread to practically every country in the world.
Table tennis, or“ping-pong”,surely is not played on a great scale as it is in China or Japan. Basketball and volleyball were introduced into Britain during the late 19th century from America and are gaining popularity. Horse-back riding, swimming, rowing and golf all attract a lot of people.
58．The main purpose of Paragraph l is to tell us that the English .
A．are all sports lovers B．behave like children
C．like to kick a ball around D．can remain young all their lives
59．According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about football and rugby?
A．They differ in the shape of the ball. B．They are played by different numbers of players. C．They both can be handled. D．They both can be kicked.
60．The game that was never played in Britain until the late 19th century is .
A．basketball B．tennis C．rugby D．football
61．What would be the best title for this passage?
A．The Most Popular Sports B．The English Sports
C．History of Sports D．Sports in Britain
C
Have you ever suddenly felt that someone you knew was in trouble—and was he? Have you ever dreamed something that came true later? Maybe you have ESP （超感觉知觉）.
ESP stands for Extrasensory Perception. It may be called a sixth sense. It seems to let people know about events before they happen, or events that are happening some distance away.
Here’s an example. A woman was ironing clothes. Suddenly she screamed, “My father is dead! I saw him sitting in the chair!” Just then, a telegram came. The woman’s father died of a heart attack. He died sitting in a chair.
There are thousands of stories like this one on record. Scientists are studying them to find out what’s behind these strange mental messages. Here’s another example—one of hundreds of dreams that have come true.
A man dreamed he was walking along a road when a horse and carriage came by. The driver said, “There’s room for one more.” The man felt the driver seemed dead, so he ran away. The next day, when the man was getting on a crowded bus, the bus driver said,“There’s room for one more.”
Then the man saw that the driver’s face was the same face he had seen in the dream. He wouldn’t get on the bus. As the bus drove off, it crashed and burst into flames. Everyone was killed!
Some people say stories like these are coincidences. Others, including some scientists, say that ESP is real. From studies of ESP, we may someday learn more about the human mind.
62．According to the passage, the author believes that the sixth sense is .
A．in existence B．imaginative C．not real D．impossible
63．ESP lets people know.
A．about events before they happen B．about events after they happen
C．about events that are happening some distance away D．A and C
64．By studying ESP, scientists may get to .
A．learn how people tell lies B．know more about human dreams
C．know more about human mind D．learn how strange things happen
65．In the last paragraph the underlined word “coincidences” probably means .
A．things that may not happen B．things that happen in a dream
C．things that must happen D．things that happen by accident
66．This article is mainly about .
A．the human dream B．the sixth senseC．the human mind D．a crowded bus

D
（1）Mr. Brown( the motorist)
At about 9;20 p.m. on October 14th, I was driving along
Market Road in the direction of Midwick. I wanted to
go to Sturham to collect my wife, who had been visiting
some friends. I prepared to turn into Sturham Road, which was on my right. In the distance, I saw the lights of a car moving towards me but it was a long way from me. I put out my hand to show that I was going to turn right. Then I started to turn slowly towards Sturham Road. Suddenly there was a loud noise on the passenger’s(near) side of the car. I stopped the car and got out. A motorcycle had hit my car. The motorcyclist had been thrown over the car. He was injured, so I ran to a shop to phone for help.
(2)Mr. Smith(the injured motorcyclist)
On the evening of October 14th, I was going home along Market Road towards Newtown. I was riding my motorcycle. I was going slowly because some of the streetlights were out and the road was wet and slippery. Just before Sturham Road, a car suddenly drove right across my path. The driver did not flash his lights to give a warning. I could not turn in time, so I hit the side of the car. When I woke up, I was lying in a hospital in Market Road.
(3)Mr. Lee(another motorcyclist)
At about 9:10 p.m. on October 14th, I left my home in Midwick. Ten minutes later I was riding my motorcycle along Market Road. I was going to Newtown. There was a motorcycle about 40 metres in front of me. It was not going very quickly. The man on it was riding near the curb（路边）but I was near the center of the road. The motorcyclist in front of me tried to turn to his right but there was no time. He hit the car and was injured. There was no car going along in front of us or put by the road.
67．Which of these pictures exactly shows the scene of the accident?

X=the place where the motorcycle hit the car; N=Newtown; M=Midwick; S=Sturham.(Note that cars and motorcycles always keep to the left in England.)

68．Which of these statements about the accident is probably correct?
A．Mr. Brown wrongly supposed that the lights of the two motorcycles were those of a car.
B．The lights of the car moving towards Mr. Brown made him unable to see.
C．Mr. Brown knocked down a motorcyclist on purpose.
D．The accident was caused by the carelessness of the first motorcyclist.
69．It seems probable from the statements that Mr. Brown .
A．gave no signal to show that he was turning right
B．did not give any signal until he was actually turning
C．failed to give a proper signal at that time
D．flashed his light to show that he was going to turn
70．We would expect to find that Mr. Brown’s car was damaged on its side.
A．front B．left C．right D．driver’s
E
In every British town, large and small, you will find shops that sell second-hand goods. Sometimes such shops deal mostly in furniture, sometimes in books, sometimes in ornaments（装饰） and household goods, sometimes even in clothes.
The furniture may often be “antique”, and it may well have changed hands many times. It may also be very valuable, although the most valuable piece will usually go to the London salerooms, where one piece might well be sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds. As you look around these shops and see the polished wood of chests and tables, you cannot help thinking of those long-dead hands which polished that wood, of those now-closed eyes which once looked at these pieces with love.
The books, too, may be antique and very precious; some may be rare first printings. Often when someone dies or has to move house, his books may all be sold, so that sometimes you may find whole libraries in one shop. One the border between England and Wales, there is a town which has become a huge bookshop as well. Even the cinema and castle have been taken over, and now books have replaced sheep as the town’s main trade.
There are also much more humble shops, sometimes simply called “junk shops”, where you can buy small household pieces very cheaply. Sometimes the profits（利润）from these shops go to charity（慈善事业）. Even these pieces, though, can make you feel sad; you think of those people who once treasured them, but who have moved on to another country or to death.
Although the British do not worship（崇拜）their ancestors, they do treasure the past and the things of the past. This is true of houses as well. These days no one knocks them down; they are rebuilt until they are often better than new. In Britain, people do not buy something just because it is new. Old things are treasured for their proven worth; new things have to prove themselves before they are accepted.
71．Books found in second-hand book shops may .
A．be copies of the earliest printings B．be on sale for the first time
C．never be worth very much D．never be rare
72．What is the small town on the border between England and Wales famous for?
A．Its sheep. B．Its bookshops. C．Its cinema. D．Its castle.
73．Second-hand goods sometimes fill you with sadness because .
A．they are too expensive for average buyers B．they remind you of the original owners
C．they are now forgotten D．they are sold for charity
74．The average British person .
A．does not respect old things because they are not fashionable
B．likes to build new houses simply because it is fashionable to do so
C．likes to buy new things because they are fashionable.
D．does not like to buy things simply because they are fashionable
75．What does the underlined word “them” (Paragraph 4) refer to?
A．junk shops B．profits from shops C．old things D．old houses

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